In re Handlin
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas
Petition for review under section 2 of the bankrupt act. This case came before the court on a question as to the right of individuals composing a bankrupt firm to claim individual exemptions out of partnership effects.
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Petition for review under section 2 of the bankrupt act. This case came before the court on a question as to the right of individuals composing a bankrupt firm to claim individual exemptions out of partnership effects. The individual schedules of each of the partners aforesaid disclose personal property of Handlin to the amount of $532.83, .and of Yenny to the amount of $150.00. The partnership schedules disclose pe»sonal property sufficient to make up the sum of $2,000 claimed by each of the partners. This latter .sum is the amount allowed to “any resident” of tlie state of Arkansas, as…
1Opinion of the Court
DILLON, Circuit Judge.
The bankrupt act (section 14), after excepting from its operation the household and kitchen furniture and other articles and necessaries of the bankrupt, not exceeding in value, in any case, the sum of $500, also excepts “such other property not included in the foregoing exceptions as is exempted from levy and sale upon execution or other process * * * by the'laws of the state in which the bankrupt has his domicile.”
The constitution of the state, of 1808, in force until after the bankruptcy here in question, contained this provision: — '“The personal property of any…
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